Can an old string make your bow loud?

[Featherbuster]

I just noticed today that bow is louder than normal, or i just havent shot very much lately and it seems that way.  I always thought of my Bob Lee being pretty quiet but maybe i was wrong, it sounds louder than usual.

[HATCHCHASER]

Yes.  your brace and or nock point could have slipped too.

[Featherbuster]

I checked brace and nock point and it's were it is suppose to be.

[GingivitisKahn]

If your old string breaks, it'll make your bow really loud.

[Lt. Dan]

Something that happened to me over time my yarn silencers were getting smaller and smaller.  I cut the loops, then I would lose some fibers on every shot.  Eventually my bow needed more weight on the string so I redid my yarn silencers but did not cut the loops.  Problem solved for me.

[Bonebuster]

Strings only last so long...just like tires. Even if they have tread, they can still be worn out.

I had a perfectly fine looking string break on me once. It will NEVER happen again. If your string has been around a while, change it...regardless of whether it has become noisy or not.

For the cost of a new string, you cannot justify waiting for a failure.

[bushytail]

It could be your string silencers.A friend of mine had the same problem.Turned out his beaver fur string silencers were coming loose.We could hear a vibration sound when he would shoot.He unstrung the bow and pulled the ends tight.Strung it back up and shot,the noise was gone.

[cacciatore]

With time and use they became noiser. Most bow makers advise you to change your string after one year or 10,000 shots